Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-01-28

The afternoons were usually en-
ployed by Helen in sewing for Mrs.
Stuart, for she was '.handv with the
needle. Nearly every afternoon found
! Warren there also. unless his father
I ana mother devised some plan to keep
! him away.
Poor Helen-she was blamed: al
{ though she did nothing TO encourage
, the young physician.
/ MIR, Stuart said he thought when he
sent Warren to college it would make
7 HIM know more than ordinary mortals,
but where pretty face was concerned
/ he was about rs big fool rs any other
/ boy.
Deluded man, did he suppose love
could be educated out of the human
heart, and did he suppose he could add
/ one atom of wisdom to love-Sick
youth?
/ Warren's parents did not forbid his
/ frequent attentions to Helen in direct
words; they were too wise for that; but
they did every thing they could To dis
courage them, and tried to find some
thing for him to do to keep him away
t-om the kitchen. Mr.. Stuart grew
sullen, and even cross, to the little Grip
Piled boy whom he had fondled and
petted before. Mrs, Stuart. good wom-
an, was kind to both Helen and her
little brother. She knew il was not the
poor girl fault.
| Helen was quick TO perceive that
| Warren, ; manner toward her was cauS-
ing his parents uueaSiucSS. and appre-
ciatcd the fact that hired girl for 4
I daughter-in-law fell far below the ambi-
ton of the StuartS. She kept away
from church for two SabbathS, and
when she went on the third, Warren.
who had set parental vigilance at def
ancc, overlook her and accompanied
her to church against her protest, On
thr |ay home she sought to avoid CON
vcrSatiom with him, but A. they paused
ut the rear gate he caught her hand and
said:
"Helen, | love You, l can't help it;
l don't care if the whole world knows
it. Do You love me in return ?"
She cast 4 frightened, appealing
glance in his face, full of mild entreaty,
and said: "Oh do not talk so, it is,
it is wicked" and bursting into tears
broke away from him and ran to the
kitchen.
If Warren had the opposition of his
parents, he had the sympathy of his
sweet, though mischievous, sister Rose.
She yyaS n,,iol- ~ I;s,o,-,, L.. 81,
fondncss for Helen, and already know
ing her good qualities resolved in her
way to help them. Every young fellow
! in love is almost sure to find Sympa-
thetic friend in his sister.
There was another family in the
Sandy Fork neighborhood as much an
noyed as, if not more so, than the Stu
arts, over the young doctor and the
hired girl. 1t was the Arnolds. Why
had he not visited their house more fire.
quently since his return?
II declare, he hasn't been to see Hal
lie but once since he came back" said
Mrs. Arnold, raising her head high in
order to look under her spectaclcs
Hes taken up with that hired girl
said Halle, spitefully, land l guess |
don'twant him.
"Well, it's 4 strange thing to me, -
said Mrs. Arnold, holding needle be-
fore her, and trying to thru. Il sharp
pointed thread through it, that Mrs.
Stuart can't see what her son is doing.
Mighty little us, for them to send boy
through college if he's comm back
home to throw himself away on a dish
washer
Let him marry her if he wants to,
nobody cares said Halle. who was
doing some fine embroidery work.
"Well, now, Halle, that's not the
way to talk about these matters. If
had a son and he was about to throw
himself away on some, poor trash I'd
thank anybody to come and tell me in
time to prevent the ruin, and don't
know but what it's my duty to 90 at
once and warn Mrs. Stuart. You see,
our eyes are always blinded to the
faults of our own Children
He had her to church last Sunday, "
said Halle; adding to herself: I'D
like to scratch her big blue eyes out. 9"
HE didn't. did he ?" cried Mrs
Arnold, looking in the air and holding
one hand up in horror.
eyes, he did"
"Oh, now, Halle, you must be jok-
ing ?"
mo, its true; jim Davis told me
So"
"Then its lie. Jim ouly told you
that to aggravate you. Jim has been
trying to come to our house for a long
time, and he thinks if he could get
Warren Stuart out of the way he
could"
But heard it confirmed by others.
"Well, then, Mrs. Stuart don't know
it; know they know nothing about it.
It's my duty to go and tell them"
yes, and have them say you are
meddling with other people business,
said Halle, tears of Indignation rising
in her eyes.
! Halle was in fact almost in despair.
She had struggled 50 long to get the
chest catch " in Sandy Fork in her net,
! ana just as she thought she had sue
ceeded, to have him triumphantly led
away by a hired girl was too much.
II don't care what they say" said
Mrs. Arnold, I'm going to do my
duty-if people don't thank me for it
! have a clear conscience.
Mrs. Arnold was sure that it was a
mere matter of duty. She was not
actuated by any selfish notions, but
acted wholly from a sense of duty as a
neighbor She was satisfied that that
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